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2 • The Red and Black • Friday, April 13, 1990
BRIEFLY
New GSA administrative head elected
■ STATE
ATLANTA (AP): CDC: National hepatitis cases are up.
Reported cases of hepatitis A in the United States increased 58
percent between 1983 and 1989, the federal Centers for Disease
Control said Thursday. Hepatitis A, a liver inflammation usually
linked to poor hygiene or drug use, causes fever, fatigue and aches.
The CDC said the number of cases increased from 9.2 per 100,000
population to 14.5 per 100,000 from 1983-89. The best-known method
of spreading hepatitis A is through contaminated food such as salads,
sandwiches or other items that are not cooked, or through food
handled by a hepatitis carrier. However, “it is important to stress
that a majority (of the cases) are not associated with food-borne
outbreaks,” said Dr. Miriam Alter, a CDC hepatitis specialist. “About
a third are associated with close personal contact with someone else
who has the disease."
MARIETTA (AP): Meningitis claims another victim. A
Stone Mountain roofer’s death nas been attributed to meningitis,
making him the second Georgian to die of the disease this month. But
a state health official said Thursday the cases are isolated and do not
indicate an outbreak. Larry Domingue, 39, collapsed and died while
working on a roof Tuesday, and at first authorities weren’t able to tell
what killed him, said Bob Tressel, an investigator with the Cobb
County medical examiner’s office. “From the autopsy, we found out
that the meningitis was on his brain,” he said. A 16-year-old Lilburn
youth, James Graves, died from bacterial meningitis April 1. Other
non-fatal cases also have been reported, including one in Cobb County
and one in Madison County. But Dave Smith, an epidemiologist with
the state Department of Human Resources, said Thursday there is no
cause for alarm.
STONE MOUNTAIN (AP): Pit bull kills elderly man. An
elderly man was killed Thursday in an attack by a pit bull terrier in
his next-door neighbor’s yard in Gwinnett County near Stone
Mountain, police said. The body of James Mills, 81, was found about
7:15 a.m. by the neighbor, Carlton Wright, when he went outside to
feed the dogs, said Gwinnett police spokesman Lawrence Walton.
Wright said he had heard his two dogs barking about two hours
earlier, according to Walton. The dogs were kept chained next to
Wright’s mobile home and had no history of trouble, Walton said.
Officials at the Gwinnett Animal Shelter were considering whether
the dog involved in the attack should be destroyed.
GAINESVILLE (AP): Bacteria ruins swimming hole. City
officials have recommended permanently closing the swimming area
at Holly Park on Lake Lanier because of chronically high bacteria
levels in the water there. If the Gainesville parks and recreation
board agrees with City Manager A1 Crace’s recommendation, the
park off Georgia 60 would become the first site on Lake Lanier where
a “no swimming” advisory has been posted because of pollution
problems. Crace said the bacteria levels in the swimming area have
exceeded federal limits numerous times and officials have been
unable to figure out why. “If we could have found the source, we
would have done what we could (to eliminate it),” said city chemist
Tim Merritt.
BETHESDA, Md. (AP): Bush in ‘excellent health.’
President Bush is suffering from “an early glaucoma” in his left eye,
medical tests disclosed today. The glaucoma, which the White House
said has not affected his vision, was discovered during a routine
physical at Bethesday Naval Hospital, the White House said. In
general, Bush “is in excellent health,” said White House physician Dr.
Burton Lee in a statement released by the press office. He said X-rays
of Bush’s hips and neck showed mild degenerative osteoarthritis, a
condition disclosed in past physical examinations. During four hours
of tests and examination, he also underwent chest X-rays, which were
normal; an electrocardiogram and stress tests, which were normal;
urinalysis showing no abnormality and blood tests which were
normal.
■ WORLD
EAST BERLIN (AP): Parliament elects prime minister.
East Germany’s Parliament chose Lothar de Maiziere ns prime
minister on Thursday and embraced his sweeping agenda for quickly
uniting the foundering nation with West Germany. The nation’s first
freely elected legislature also apologized to Jews for Nazi atrocities
and promised to make reparations to Israel and seek diplomatic ties.
By putting de Maiziere’s broad coalition government in power, the
Parliament set up a transitional government whose prime goal will be
to negotiate the terms of creating a single Germany. Before
Parliament met, members of the coalition agreed that a united
Germany should remain part of NATO and that East Germany
should merge its currency with West Germany’s by July 1. The
coalition also backed a rapid process for unification.
HONG KONG (AP): Fugitives smuggled out of China.
Another fugitive student leader of the crushed pro-democracy
movement has escaped China through an underground railroad,
which is still operating 10 months after the crackdown on dissent, a
reliable source said. “I want everybody to know that the channel is
still alive, there’s still hope,” said the source, who is close to the
railroad. The source said Wang Chaohua fled China on or about Jan.
7. She was on a list of 21 students sought by the Chinese government
for leading demonstrations last spring for more freedom in the
Communist country. The underground railroad brought out several
prominent student and intellectual dissidents soon after the June 4
uprising, when the Chinese army killed hundreds, if not thousands, of
people in central Beijing.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP): Lions for home security.
Saladino de Souzn Gonzalez says he has the perfect solution for
Brazilians wanting to protect their homes from burglars: guard lions.
“With a lion for a guard, the thief may enter but he won’t leave,” said
Gonzalez, a 45-year-old book wholesaler from Belo Horizonte, Brazil’s
third-largest city. Gonzalez has raised lions for the past 10 years on
his farm in the interior. He said Brazil’s soaring crime rate has
helped create a steady demand. “I recommend a large backyard, the
construction of a gate, and plenty of space. Then let them roam free at
night,” Gonzalez said. Gonzalez started with three lions smuggled
from Africa and raises a litter every three months. When the cubs are
30 days old, he puts them up for sale for $300, using classified ads.
UGA TODAY
Benefits
• The Wailers will perform today
at 4 p.m. at Legion Field. Tau
Epsilon is sponsoring this benefit
concert for leukemia. Students
tickets are $6 at the gate.
• Greek Week is sponsoring a
campus-wide blood drive will be
held Monday, April 16 at the
Tate Student Center in Georgia
Hall.
Announcements
• Robert Bianchi, from the
Brooklyn Museum, will speak
today from 12 to 1 p.m. at the
Tate Student Center in Room
144. His topic is “Egyptian Jew
elry-Form and Function." The
public is invited.
• The Ideas and Issues Division
of the University Union is now
accepting applications.
Application are available at the
Tate Student Center information
desk.
• The UGA Upward Bound is
now accepting applications for
instructors and tutor-counselors
for the 1990 residential program.
Applicatons are available at the
Academic Building in Room 317.
• GORP invites all students to
explore Georgia rivers. Sign up
in Memorial Hall in the Recre
ational Sports Office, Room 229.
For more information, call 542-
GORP.
• The Student Alumni Council is
accepting applications.
Application are available at the
Tate Student Center information
desk.
Items for UGA Today must be
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Include specific meeting location,
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Because space is limited, long
announcements are shortened.
By ANNE MARIE FANGUY
Staff Writer
About 30 graduate students
gathered Wednesday to elect an
administrative facilitator for the
new Graduate Student Associa
tion.
Edwin Ashurst, who earned a
master of fine arts degree at the
University and is a doctoral stu
dent in theater history and crit
icism, officially began his term
immediately after he was elected
and will serve until fall 1991.
The position pays the same
amount as a graduate assistant
with a two-class teaching load, ap
proximately $7,544 for nine
months.
The facilitator is responsible for
calling meetings, coordinating ac
tivities and acting as a liaison be
tween the GSA and the
administration.
Ashurst said he would work to
improve communication among
graduate students and to gain rec
ognition for the GSA as an organi
zation with potential.
Ouida Meier, a graduate student
in zoology, was instrumental in or
ganizing the GSA and said the or
ganization will educate students of
the resources, funds and
fellowships available to them.
Graduate School Dean Gordhan
Patel attended the meeting and
said he hopes to contribute to the
development of the organization.
He helped to get funding for the fa
cilitator position and said he would
continue to look out for the group.
“I’m going to put some money
where my mouth is,” he said.
Patel said he was disappointed
at the turnout and told the grad
uate students they had their work
cut out for them.
Meier said she sent 200 notices
out to students who attended last
month’s planning meeting and to
departmenUjlin-aduate organiza
tions. 1**
Sharon Flemfhg, a graduate stu
dent in English, said she sent
newsletters to 96 people in her de
partment, but she was the only one
who attended.
However, graduate students
who attended showed their support
for the new organization.
“I think that graduate students
really don’t have a voice as far as
policy,” said Michael Potts, a grad
uate student in philosophy.
Tim Horn, a doctoral student in
theater history, said he showed up
to “make sure the arts and grad
uates in general are considered.”
Ashurst will relinquish his tea
ching duties as graduate assistant
beginning fall quarter to devote his
time to the GSA.
Under the GSA constitution, the
administrative facilitator can’t
hold another assistantship while
serving a term. Meier said this is to
ensure it’s not a money-making op
portunity. Although Ashurst has
already begun his term, he won’t
receive a salary until fall.
In addition to the administrative
facilitator, the GSA council will in
clude three committee councilors
and five councilor-at-large posi
tions. Graduate students inter
ested in serving on the council
should contact Meier in the zoology
department.
Easter eggcitement
By STEPHANIE—LEA SMITH
Staff Writer
If you’re not planning to go
home this weekend or if your
family is coming to visit you,
there are lots of ways to celebrate
Easter and the advent of spring
in Athens.
The city Recreation and Parks
Department will sponsor a tradi
tional Easter egg hunt Saturday
at 2 p.m. in Bishop Park. Even if
you’re too old to participate, it’s
still fun to watch.
Forget the spring diet and
check out Easter feasts this
weekend at local restaurants.
Trumps at the Georgian prom
ises a special menu; call for reser
vations. The Olde Spaghetti
Store has an egg-find special. If
you find an egg in your menu
then your meal is free.
Work off those springtime cal
ories with a stroll in the Botan
ical Gardens. It will be open from
11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on
Sunday.
There will be plenty of Easter
services at campus student cen
ters.
The Catholic Center will have
Easter Mass on Sunday at 9 and
11 a.m. The Episcopal Center is
conducting two services, at 8 and
10 am. The Lutheran Chapel will'
have a 10 a.m. service and a 3
p.m. Easter picnic.
The First Baptist Church and
the First United Methodist'
Church will have 11 a.m. serv
ices. Also, the Unitarian Univer-
salist Church will have a service
on Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
If Easter festivities aren’t in
your basket for the weekend, you
can catch up on your studying.
The main and science libraries
will be open regular hours all
weekend.
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TAU EPSILON PHI
presents a
Leukemia Benefit
with
The Wailers
(of Bob Marley acclaim)
Special Guest Appearance
Monty Montgomery
Legion Field: Friday 13th
4 p.m. rain or shine
Tickets: $6 students, $8 general public
-available at TEP House, Wuxtry Records,
Downtown Records
No Alcohol or Coolers permitted
sponsored by The Red & Black
These people have each won 2 tree passes to a local theatre.
Next time, It could be you!
Tickets, courtesy of your local theatres, must be claimed by listed winners by
5PM today at The Red And Black offices: 123 N. Jackson. Valid ID required.